How to deploy a custom report item

To deploy a custom report item in Reporting Services, you must modify the report server configuration files and copy the design-time and run-time component assemblies into the appropriate application folders for both Report Designer and the report server.

Deploy a custom report item

  1. Edit the Rsreportdesigner.config file to configure the custom report item run-time and design-time components for use in the designer. The ReportItemName entry must match the CustomReportItemAttribute attribute used in your CustomReportItemDesigner class. For example:

    <ReportItems>  
       <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
    </ReportItems>  
    <ReportItemDesigner>  
       <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsDesigner, PolygonsDesigner" />  
    </ReportItemDesigner>  
    <ReportItemConverter>  
       <Converter Source="Chart" Target="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsConverter, PolygonsDesigner" />  
    </ReportItemConverter>  
    
  2. Edit the Rsreportserver.config file to register the custom report item run-time component. For example:

    <ReportItems>  
       <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
    </ReportItems>  
    
  3. Edit the Rsssrvpolicy.config file to add a CodeGroup that grants the proper permissions to the custom report item. For example:

    <CodeGroup   
       class="UnionCodeGroup"   
       version="1"   
       PermissionSetName="FullTrust"  
       Description="This code group grants MyCustomReportItem.dll FullTrust permission. ">  
       <IMembershipCondition   
          class="UrlMembershipCondition"  
          version="1"  
       Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin\MyCustomReportItem.dll" />  
    </CodeGroup>  
    
  4. Copy the custom report item run-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies and \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin directories.

  5. Copy the custom report item design-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies directory.